Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-12-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.

( i he custom OF k45Slls lllc L Opc :
! foot. or the cross on his slipper, IS al
l legged to have been set by one OF the
! Leos, who. it was said. had mutilated
his right hand spd was too vain to eX-
pose the stump.
About IL, 900 patriot of the Rev6'
luton perlshed on boar| the horrlble
prlson-shlp Jersey during ne EnghsL
! occupation of New York.
A wrangler, in (English) G. Nuege
/ phrase, Is one who has obtained a pls>cf
! In the highest mathematical tupoS-
| The first man of this class is termed
/ the senior wrangler; the rest are rated
each according TO his respective merit.
as second, third, fourth and so on. In
the Middle ages college exercises were
called disputatlOns, and those who per-
| formed them were disputantS. Hence
the idea of wrangling.
One of the strangest novelties In
the jewelry line that the unesthetic
cowboy ever decorated his person
with is now being sold on the streets
| of san Antonio. 1t is nothing less than
a necktIe made entirely from the skin
of genuine Tattlesuake and finished
by way of d pin with rattle from the
tail of the venOmous serpent, The
originality of this conception can hardly
be doubted, and the ingenious venders
are being rewarded with large sales.
Queen Elizabeth is said to have
had pair of stockings woven from a
SPIDERS web. Now we hear of Penn
sylvanIa lady owns a picture painted
on cObweb. The colOrs are said to
have been beautifully laid on, - and
simply perfect as to harmony. The
painting cost Il, 600, and Is probably
the mCst precious article of its weight
in the world. The fact that cobweb
has been shown to be so valuable per-
haps explains the delicacy with which
the ordinary hOusemaId is inclined to
/ treat it.
"A four-foot vein of coal has been
struck at the shaft of the Carlyle Coal
and Mining company at a depth OF
go feet. a vein of thirty inches
thickness lies eighteen feet above the
former vein, and it is thought by
mining experts that the two veins
will converge and make II a seven-foot
vein. The coal is unusually free from
slate and sulphur, and OF superior
quality. Extensive improvements are
being made about the mine, and the
citizens OF Carlyle are elated at the
prospect of becoming mining center.
The statue of liberty which
AdOlph Sutro is erecting on Mount
Olympus, San Francisco, Cal, is the
work of Belgian artist named Wiertz.
1t was on exhibition i'll Antwerp and
received high praise. AdOlph SutrO
saw the figure and thought that 1t
would be an establishment to The en-
tire San Francisco peninsula. The
torch in the upstretched arm of the
goddess will be of IL 900 candle power,
and the light will be furnished by the
city of San Francisco. The torch
viii ihum;Be the bay and Si6ldeii Gate
PARK
Postmaster Hendrix is happy in
the possession of the Oldest bosom pin
IN town. 1t is Il trilobite which
curled itself up snugly some &C, ,00O, 600
years ago, in the silurian age, some
where in the great limestone strata that
begins at Niagara and crops out in the
pictured rocks of Lake Superior, and
went TO sleep to be petriGed in all its
original sha peliness. The tribolIte
was the father of all the crabs. He
was very small then, but 10000. 600
years have enlarged his descendants.
With diamond eyes and a gold setting
he looks well In his new character.
Some of the animals of Japan are
quite different from the same species
Jnat are seen in America. The cats,
for instance, have the shortest kind of
tails, or else none at all. Being de-
prived of this usual plaything, they
are very solemn pussies. An Ameri-
can once took one of these tailless cats
10 San Francisco as a curiosity, and it
utterly refused cOmpauOnshIp with
lra f.li faH Faf
but Gnding cat whose tail had been
cut off 10y accident the two became
friendly at once. Japanese dogs are
almost destitute of noses, having the
nostrils set directly III the head. The
smaller the nose the more valuable the
breed.
Peruvian woven tissues, often dyed
in brilliant hues, are unsurpassed by
the textile productions of any other
ancient American people. Their Jew
elry of gold and silver is remarkable.
Statuettes in the precious metals are
even more wonderful; they represent
monkeys, birds with their feathers, FISH
with scales, etc, modelled in relief or
intaglIO. Human figures were also
cast IN the precious metals. the artists
even attempting groups. Beads were
made of gold, silver, glass and earthen-
ware. Wood was used TO furnish OBJ
ieCts in daily use, and an example may
Oe seen in the beautifully OTHamented
combs that are sometimes found placed
beside the dead IN the huacas.
1t is well said that One-half OF the
world does not know how the other
half lives Here, where pine and pop
lar are used for signs, comparatively
few are aware that mahogany is the
kind OF wood largely neeled for that
purpose IN England a lumberman
from Bradford, who not long ago vis-
tied this office, stated that such was
the case. When redwood Was intro
duCed into England this gentleman
thought at Grst blush that the lumber
was SO clea- and wide It would be ex-
ceileut for signs. 1t was tried, but for
some reason it did not come up to the
Englishman'S idea of eternal dura-
oility, and mahogany WAS again re-
sorted to.
Nothing made Marking so much
celebrated abroad as the Porcelain
lower, which WAS one OF the wonders
)f the world. 1t stood pre-eminently
beyond all similar buildings for its
completeness and elegance and the
quality of material of which It was
built. It cost $4,000, 900, and was
ninety years in building, being COM
pleted IN q. ID. 1870. The outer face
OF this unique structure was covered
with labs of porcelain of various
.cOlors, principally green, red, yellow
and white. At every one of its nine
stories there was projecting roof COW
cred with green tiles, and a bell was
suspended from each corner. There
were l52 bells IN all, which gave sweet
sounds when there was a brisk wind.
OHe hundred and twenty eight lamps
were hing on the outside. In the year
lSU1 it was seriously injured by a
storm.
Time tries all things" except leaf
lard. The butcher and housewife have
to 10 that.
Brass bedsteads grow in favor.